Local Development Plan

The Local Development Plan defines the priorities for future development and will have major implications for Dunblane. General information on the LDP can be accessed here.

Scottish Reporters' LDP Examination Report : March 2014 The full Report is available here. An extract relating to Dunblane is available here

The Stirling Local Development Plan was adopted in September 2014. It covers the period to 2024 Read about it here

Stirling Local Development Plan : Update for Communities – July 2015 Work has already begun on a new plan that will replace the LDP adopted in 2014. In August 2015, the Council published a Main Issues Report. The Main Issues Report was approved for consultation by the Council in June 2015 and is the first formal stage in preparing a new Local Development Plan. It is an important opportunity for everyone to shape this new plan. Read the Update The LDP consultation for Dunblane was held on 22 August 2015 in the Dunblane Centre.

Major Planning Issues

There are a number of major development projects in Dunblane at various stages of the planning process. Some are the subject of Planning Applications, which can be found on the Council website (see above). Others are the subject of a proposal of application notice (PAN) and pre-application consultation (PAC) – these are not recorded on the Council website.

Gladman's site at Barbush : This proposed development by Gladman had planning permission (12/00289/FUL). It included a supermarket, petrol filling station and office development of 3,021 sq m. Although Sainsbury has been linked to the site, there is no confirmation as to the identity of the supermarket chain or to a date for starting on site.

In November 2016, Gladman submitted a new planning application ref 16/00774/PPP for 80 homes across the whole site. It now seems likely that there will be no supermarket and no petrol station at Barbush. UpdateThis planing application was approved in April 2017 - read the Stirling Observer article

Hillside, Dunblane : In April 2016 Arnbathie Estates submitted a planning application ref 16/00251/FUL for the erection of 129 dwellings and associated infrastructure on land adjacent and West of Hillside Farm Steading Dunblane. The applicants appealed to the Scottish Government on the basis on 'non determination' by Stirling Council and a decision is awaited. Read the views of the Community Council. In September 2017, Scottish Government decided to reject the applicants' appeal in relation to non determination of the planning application by the Council - read more.

Kippendavie PAC : Kippendavie PAC : 13/00453/PPP : Kippendavie Group Trust conducted pre-application consultation for a mixed use development comprising the Sheriffmuir Park Centre including garden centre, heritage centre, rural offices, biomass heating system and Sheriffmuir Park housing, to comprise 165 residential units of mixed use tenure at Land Adjacent To North East And South Of Kippendavie Mains, Kellie Wynd, Dunblane. The project was to be phased over a period of up to 10 years.' The application was refused in December 2016.

Kippendavie Wood PAC : 14/00587/FUL There are draft plans to build 4 low impact housing in Kippendavie Wood. The proposals are being made by Bell Ingram and Bobby Halliday Architects on behalf of the IGM Dalgleish (1991) Trust.The application was refused in September 2015. A new application, again for four houses was submitted in March 2016 (Application Ref 16/00099/FUL). The application was refused in January 2017. Read a Stirling Observer article.